SENIOR ACCOUNTANT

Chicago Public Schools; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 66,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Chicago Public Schools is seeking a Senior Accountant to oversee professional accountants within the Office of the Controller. Responsibilities include managing financial accounts, preparing financial statements, and ensuring compliance with funding guidelines. The ideal candidate will possess a Bachelor's in Accounting and significant experience in governmental accounting. This full-time position offers competitive compensation based on skills and experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university is required.
• Minimum of five years of progressive accounting experience.
• Previous experience in governmental accounting preferred.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and review various work papers and account analysis.
• Ensure timely reconciliation of assigned general ledger accounts.
• Manage time and tasks effectively across multiple deadlines.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Communication

Problem Solving

Intermediate to Advanced Excel skills

Oracle financial software skills

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

Master’s Degree preferred

Certified Public Accountant (CPA) preferred

Job description

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Base pay range

66,000.00 / yr - $85,000.00 / yr

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Job Summary :

Reporting to the Director of Financial Transaction Processing, a Senior Accountant is responsible to perform and oversee the work of professional Accountants within the Office of the Controller. A Senior Accountant manages financial accounts including planning and preparing financial statements, balance sheets and financial reports, review and interpret accounting principles and financial procedures to management, verify and analyze journal entries for assigned accounts, and those managed by subordinates, audit financial documents to ensure entries are accurate, appropriately allocate to accounts and comply with contract and funding guidelines, as well as Board policy. In addition, Senior Accountants document errors and reconcile assigned accounts; analyze historical records and forecast future expenditures and revenues; compile and analyze fiscal data and prepare portions of the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR); train and instruct subordinate personnel on departmental procedures and practices. This is a full-time exempt position that will be paid for time worked on a salary basis.

This position will be held accountable for the following responsibilities :

• Prepare or review various PBC (prepared by client) work papers to be presented and reviewed by the external auditors during the fiscal year-end audit. Prepare specific audit tasks involving account analysis, preparation of journal entries, reconciliation, update task narratives, and prepare work papers for the external auditors. Research and prepare responses to reviewer and auditor questions. Compile and analyze fiscal data for inclusion in the ACFR.
• Prepare monthly account analysis and reconciliation of assigned general ledger accounts to ensure proper balances are reported. Prepare recurring and adjusting journal entries as warranted to ensure account balances tie to the reconciliation(s). Respond to supervisors’ questions timely. Monitor and ensure that all reconciling items are cleared in a timely manner.
• Prepare daily and monthly bank reconciliations and resolve all variances in a timely manner. Provide any suggestions for potential improvements to the Board’s cash management process.
• Candidates must be able to manage time and task deadlines effectively.
• Perform assigned duties for the Cash Management section on a daily basis. Duties are time-sensitive and include; reconciling the AP Clearing account to Oracle and Bank reports; reconciling Daily Paids; review Positive Pay Exceptions; record recurring payments via JE, update daily cash logs, and research information needed to record receipts, etc.
• Respond to vendor and employee questions regarding check statuses. Using Docusign, prepare replacement check requests - review documentation submitted, validate replacement requests, void checks in Oracle and Bank systems, and submit replacement requests for approval. Pre-Perform a quarterly and annual review of the major cost centers to determine if their expenditures are recorded in the proper accounting periods in preparation of the respective financial statements. Prepare revenue and expenditures, revenue accruals, and reversals as necessary.
• Update financial statements and footnotes in financial reporting software, and attach support to sections as required.
• Other duties as assigned

In order to be successful and achieve the above responsibilities, this position must possess the following qualifications :

Education Required :

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university in Accounting, Finance, or business related field is required.
• Master’s Degree preferred.
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) preferred.

Experience Required :

• Minimum of five (5) years of progressive accounting experience or an equivalent combination of training and experience provided that minimum degree requirement is met.
• Previous experience in governmental accounting is preferred.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities :

• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, websites, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
• Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Intermediate to Advanced Excel and Oracle financial software skills

Conditions of Employment

As a condition of employment with the Chicago Public Schools (CPS), employees are required to :

Establish / Maintain Chicago Residency - Employees are required to live within the geographic boundaries of the City of Chicago within six months of their CPS hire date and maintain residency throughout their employment with the district. The Chicago residency requirement does not apply to temporary / part-time positions, however, all CPS employees must be residents of Illinois.

Seniority level

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Job function

Accounting / Auditing

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